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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">You use the </span><span class="f_UIControl">MDG Technologies</span><span class="f_BodyText"> dialog to manage the MDG Technologies available and accessible to Enterprise Architect users. To display this dialog, select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Settings | MDG Technologies</span><span class="f_BodyText"> menu option.</span></p>
<p class="p_TextIndentedL2"><img src="mdgtechnologiesdialog.png" width="557" height="343" border="0" alt="MDGTechnologiesDialog"></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">The </span><span class="f_UIControl">MDG Technologies</span><span class="f_BodyText"> dialog lists the technologies held in the Enterprise Architect Install directory, in alphabetical order.</span></p>
<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">Enable and Disable MDG Technologies</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">All MDG Technologies listed can be made available (enabled) or removed from use (disabled). To enable or disable a Technology, click on its </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-weight: bold;">Enabled</span><span class="f_BodyText"> checkbox.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">When an MDG Technology is enabled, three things happen:</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">The MDG Technology is added to the list of available options in the profile field of the </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="maintoolbar.htm">Default Tools</a></span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> toolbar, so that you can apply the interface profiles of the MDG Technology</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">At least one set of </span><span class="f_UIControl">Toolbox</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> pages for the MDG Technology is automatically added to the <a href="objecttoolbar.htm">Enterprise Architect UML Toolbox</a>; you can access the added </span><span class="f_UIControl">Toolbox</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> pages through the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">More Tools</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> menu</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">Any MDG Technology-specific diagram templates are added to the </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="newdiagrams.htm">New Diagram</a></span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> dialog for selection; when selected, these display the diagram-specific </span><span class="f_UIControl">Toolbox</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> pages.</span></li>
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<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">You can quickly enable or disable all the listed MDG Technologies by clicking on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">All</span><span class="f_BodyText"> or </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">None</span><span class="f_BodyText"> buttons. However, if you click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">None</span><span class="f_BodyText"> button, you should scroll to the top of the list and select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Basic UML 2 Technology</span><span class="f_BodyText"> checkbox to re-enable the Enterprise Architect UML and Extended toolbox pages and diagram types.</span></p>
<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">Set as Default</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">You can make an MDG Technology the default interface to Enterprise Architect. Depending on the MDG Technology selected, this can change the way Enterprise Architect windows are displayed and override the Enterprise Architect UML </span><span class="f_UIControl">Toolbox</span><span class="f_BodyText"> pages with pages specific to that Technology.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">To set an MDG Technology as the default interface, click on it in the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Technology</span><span class="f_BodyText"> panel and click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Set Active</span><span class="f_BodyText"> button.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">This displays an asterisk against the MDG Technology name in the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Technology</span><span class="f_BodyText"> panel, and selects the MDG Technology in the profile field of the <a href="maintoolbar.htm">Default Tools</a> toolbar. If the MDG Technology has not been enabled, this also enables it.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><a name="umlout"></a><span class="f_BodyText">You can also enable one or more of the MDG Technologies (and likely make one of them the default) and then </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">deselect</span><span class="f_BodyText"> the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Basic UML 2 Technology</span><span class="f_BodyText"> checkbox, to work exclusively in the selected technologies only. The </span><span class="f_UIControl">UML</span><span class="f_BodyText"> and </span><span class="f_UIControl">Extended</span><span class="f_BodyText"> toolbox pages, diagram types and quicklinks are excluded from the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Toolbox</span><span class="f_BodyText">, </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">More tools</span><span class="f_BodyText"> menu, diagrams and </span><span class="f_UIControl">New Diagram</span><span class="f_BodyText"> dialog in the user interface.</span></p>
<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">MDG Technologies Outside Enterprise Architect</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">The </span><span class="f_UIControl">MDG Technologies</span><span class="f_BodyText"> dialog lists technologies that have been loaded into the Enterprise Architect install directory. You can also add MDG Technologies in folders and websites remote from Enterprise Architect. To do this, click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Advanced</span><span class="f_BodyText"> button. See the </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="access_remote_mdg_technologies.htm">Access Remote MDG Technologies</a></span><span class="f_BodyText"> topic.</span></p>




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